Last weekend in London, Kentucky at the Bluegrass Nationals presented
by London Flyer Buggies Unlimited, the Pro Top Outlaws put on an unbelievable
show.  Over 20 cars turned out for the event and after 2 rounds of qualifying
the bump for the 16-car field was set at 4.19
seconds.

The bump for the Pro Top Outlaw class (the quickest 8
qualified cars) was just 4.08 seconds for the 1/8th mile event. 
Brandon Booher picked up the number one spot with a pass of 3.90 at 183 MPH.  In
the first round, 6 of the 8 cars down the eighth mile ran sub 4-second passes
and Booher and Phil Esz both thundered down the track with 3.89 ETs.  The
exciting action continued throughout the race when Phil Esz (3.88) eventually
picked up the first win of the season by taking out Anthony Trauth (3.92) in the
final round.  With the win, Esz, last years PTO Champion, has taken the early
lead in 2007 points chase.

In the Pro Fuel Shootout Urs Erbacher (near lane) lost in a fiery final to winner Lex Joon of Holland (far lane).

Funny
Car made a welcome return to European racing this Easter, back from several
years in the doldrums and back in bigger numbers. But in the final outcome of
the Pro Fuel Shootout, the Top Fuel cars made the best of things.

Fine English weather heralded the start of spring as the sun
shone on crisp mornings and delivered warm afternoons during the four-day
Easter Thunderball, the opening event on the British calendar.

It attracted contestants from all over Europe to headline in
the Pro Fuel Shootout, a long-running contest pitting Top Fuel against Funny
Car, the latter being afforded a slight starting line advantage. Two Swedish
drivers, Patrik Pers and Håkan Fällström, were there licensing. Pers suffered a
flash fire on his last run and Fällström had the fuel pump malfunction, which
ended with the Pennzoil Dodge body being blown fifty feet in the air. Both
drivers have to complete one more lap at the next event to gain their licence.